The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-04-21


Chapter g. H. B. No. 1856. An act
to amend section 3S of an act entitled
san act to redistrict the state into judi
cial districts and fix the times for holding
court therein, and to provide for the
election of judges and district attorneys
in said districts at the next general cleo
ton to be held on the first Tuesday after
the first Monday in November, 1884," ap-
proved April 8, 1883.
The Thirty eighth judicial district shall
be composed of the counties of Uvalde,
Comal, Kendall, Kerr, Bandera and
Medina.
Chapter SO. rs. B. No. 239. Am act to
amend article 1899 of the revised civil
statutes of the state of Texas, in relation
to the recovery of damages for injuries
resulting in death.
Article 2S99-An action for actual dam
ages on account of injuries causing the
death of any person may be brought In
the following cases:
First-When the death of any person is
caused by the negligence or carelessness
of the proprietor, owner, charterer
or hirer of any railroad, steamboat, stage
coach, or other vehicle for the conveyance
of goods or passengers, or by the unit
ness, negligence or carelessness of their
servants or agents.
Second-When the death of any person
is caused by the wrongful act, negligence,
unskillfulness or default of another.
Chapter 63. s. B. No. 271]-An act
requiring sherifs to report to the adju-
tant-general, upon adjournment of the
district courts in the several counties of
this state, certified lists of all fugitives
under Indictment for felony in said coun-
ties, to provide the means and mode of
securing such lists, and to prescribe the
punishment for failure or refusal to
forward them.
Section BE it enacted by the legisla-
ture of the state of Texas: That here
after it shall be the duty of each sheriff
in this state, upon the close of any regu-
lar term of the district court in his coun-
ty, or within thirty days there
after, to make out and for
ward by mail to the Acknowledgement of
this state certified list of all persons
who, after indictment for felony, have
fled from said county. Such lists shall
contain the full name of each of such
fugitives, with a description giving his
age, height, weight, color and occupation,
the complexion of skin, and the color of
eyes and hair, and any pecullarities in
person, speech, manner or gait, that may
serve to identify such fugitive, SO far as
the sheriff may be able to give them, and
shall state the offense with which such
person is charged.
Section 2-The acknowledgement shall
prescribe, have printed, and forward to
the sheriffs of the several counties the
necessary blanks upon which are to be
made the lists herein required.
Section 3-Any sheriff in this state
failing to make out and forward said Ger
titled lists within the time and according
to the forms herein provided for, shall be
deemed guilty of official misconduct, and
upon conviction shall be fined not less
than ten nor more than one hundred dol
lars.
Chapter Ga. Fl. B. No. 545. An act to
amend articles 1907 and 1908 of an act
passed by the Nineteenth legislature, ap-
proved March 26, 1885, entitled "An act
to amend Articles 1905, 1907 and 1908 of
an act entitled an act to amend Articles
1OO6, 1907 and 1908 of the revised civil
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February 81, 1879, passed by the Eigh-
tenth legislature" and approved April
8, 1888.
Section BE it enacted by the Legis-
lature of the state of Texas: That articles
1905 and 1908 of the above recited act,
sought hereby to be amended so as here
after to read as follows:
Article 1OO6-Appeals and writs of
error from the counties of Anderson,
Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Delta,
Ellis, Hopkins, Franklin, Gregg, Har-
rison, Henderson, Hunt, Kaufman,
Marion, Morris, Nacogdoches, Navarro,
Pamela, Rains, Red River, Rockwell,
Rusk, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby,
Smith, Titus, Upshur, Van Zandt and
Wood shall be returnable to the term of
said court held at Tyler; and all cases
from the county of Ellis, pending in the
supreme court and the court of appeals
at Austin, and undetermined at the ad-
iournment of the term of said courts
commencing on the first Monday of
April, 1887, shall be transferred to Tyler,
and entered upon the dockets of said
courts of Tyler, and shall be tried and de-
termined in the same manner as if said
cases had originally been made returnable
to the term of said courts held at Tyler.
Article 1OOS-Appeals and writs of err
ror from the counties of Andrews, Archer,
Armstrong, Atascosa, Bailey, Bandera,
Bastrop, Baylor, Bell, Bexar, Blanco, Bor
den, Bosque Biscoe, Brown, Burnet, Cald-
well, Callahan, Carson, Castro, Childress,
Collingsworth, Comal, Comanche, Concho,
Cooke, Coryell, Cottle, Crockett, Cochran,
Clay, Coleman, Collin, Crosby, Dallam,
Dallas, Dawson, Deaf Smith, Denton,
Dickens, Dimmit, Donley, Eastland, Ed
wards, Ell Paso, Erath, Falls, Fannin,
Fisher, Floyd, Frio, Gaines, CARA, Giles
pie, Gray, Graysen, Greer, Guadalupe,
Hale, Hall, Hamilton, Hansford,
Hardeman, Hartley, Haskell, Hays,
Hemphill, Hill, Hockey, Hood,
Howard, Hutchinson, Jack, johnson, Ken
dali, Karnes, Kent, Kerr, Kimble, King,
Kinney, Knox, Lamar, Lamb, Lampasas,
La Sale, Lee, Limestone, Lipscomb, Live
Oak, Llano, Lubbock, Lynn, Martin, Ma
son, Maverick, McCulloch, McLennan,
McMullen, Medina, Menard, Midland, Mi
lam, Mitchell, Montague, Moore, Motley,
Nolan, Ochiitree, Oldham, Farmer, Palo
Pinto, Parker, Pecos, Potter, Preside,
Randall, Reeves, Roberts, Robertson, Run
nels, San Saba, Scurry, Shackelford, Sher
man, Somervell, Stephens, Stonewall,
Swisher, Tarrant, Taylor, Terry, Throck-